The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

Rescue teams in South Africa have stepped up efforts to pull out survivors and the corpses of illegal miners trapped ...

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...

The authorities had at one point limited the miners’ access to food, water and other supplies in a blockade that drew ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water ...

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...

Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their ...

A rescue operation is underway at an abandoned South African gold mine where illegal miners were trapped. Initially, over 78 ...

Rescue efforts continue for trapped gold miners in South Africa, with at least 78 dead and criticism of government tactics to ...

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South African police announce the end of the mine rescue operation, recovering 78 bodies and over 240 survivors from an ...